The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, has been under construction for years — and later this month workers are ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating ... Telescope in Chile has now been equipped with all three of its mirrors, plus a camera for good measure. Last week’s installation ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is scheduled to come online in 2025. Unlike many large telescopes, Rubin Observatory isn't designed to focus on specific targets in the sky. Its mirror can capture a ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory ... in its database for study by astronomers around the world. The Rubin Observatory’s mirror-and-camera combo will operate differently from other big astronomical ...

(Credit: Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF / DOE / AURA / F. Munoz) The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating test images of the night sky, thanks to the Simonyi Survey ...

It is what we cannot see, however, that will forever remind us of astronomer Vera Rubin. Rubin is best known for confirming the existence of dark matter and, along the way, serving as an advocate ...

Late into his keynote at Nvidia’s 2025 GTC conference, CEO Jensen Huang announced the next generation of Nvidia AI data center chips named Vera and Rubin, after the groundbreaking astrophysicist.